Posts Tagged ‘USA-Hockey’
Sport-specific brain training programs gain adoption in basketball, ice hockey and soccer
IntelliGym Trains The Brain Of An Athlete Like A Fighter Pilot (SportTechie): “Fighter pilots and people playing team sports have more in common than you may have thought. In fact, the cognitive functions players need on the soccer pitch, the ice rink and the basketball court are very similar to those fighter pilots use during…
Read MoreMayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center adopts Intelligym cognitive training
Intelligym’s Cognitive Therapy Technologies Added to Comprehensive Approach in Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center’s Hockey Program (press release): “Cognitive training has taken off amongst thousands of players and hockey programs
Read MoreUSA Hockey uses cognitive training to enhance pattern recognition, game-intelligence
Asteroids on Ice: Video Game Helps Young Players Develop Skills (New York Times): “Could a desktop computer game be what makes the young Americans so good?… “Work the brain; the science is there,” said Danton Cole, in his fourth season as the coach of USA Hockey’s U‑18 team…For the past five seasons,
Read MoreThe future (of brain health) is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed
We are pleased to announce two new resources for all professionals, researchers, developers, innovators and decision-makers in the field of brain health and cognitive fitness who are interested in better tracking and shaping the future that is already here. First of all, we have opened up a “Friends of SharpBrains.com” professional networking group on LinkedIn.…
Read MoreSharpBrains Council Monthly Insights: How will we assess, enhance and repair cognition across the lifespan?
When you think of how the PC has altered the fabric of society, permitting instant access to information and automating processes beyond our wildest dreams, it is instructive to consider that much of this progress was driven by Moore’s law. Halving the size of semiconductor every 18 months catalysed an exponential acceleration in performance. Why…
Read MoreNew Report Finds A Brain Health Revolution in the Making, Driven by Digital Technology and Neuroplasticity Research
In spite of the recent economic downturn, revenues for digital technologies to assess, enhance and treat cognition, or digital brain health and fitness tools, grew 35% in 2009. “The convergence of demographic and policy trends with cognitive neuroscience discoveries and technological innovation is giving birth to a nascent marketplace that can fundamentally transform what brain…
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